So you have all heard by now that President Obama plans to meet with Sgt. James Crowley of the Cambridge police department and Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. of Harvard University at the White House over a couple of beers and hash their problems out…okay, well maybe its intended to stop a media firestorm, but I digress. Either way, the meeting is scheduled for this week and all attention now turns to the details.
Over this past weekend, America Public House Review editor Chris Poh offered a most noble of public services by suggesting some brews that might help ease the tension of said meeting. Yes, suggesting they serve Loose Cannon Ale may seem to the White House staff to be, on the surface, somewhat snarky. But perhaps a little humor and self-deprecation should be on the menu.
According to this morning’s Boston Herald, none of our suggestions seem to be at the top of the list. But there still is time…
The beer selection for Thursday’s meeting is not known. Crowley prefers Blue Moon beer. Gates likes Beck’s and Red Stripe. The president drinks Budweiser.
First of all, I find it hilarious that some reporter actually cared enough to ask Gates and Crowley what beer they like. (I also find it somewhat sad that these same reporters felt their time was best spent asking such a question…) And I suppose taking their tastes into account may be a good way to break the ice.
However, there does seem to be a potential political disaster here for President Obama. Doesn’t the president or at least someone in the West Wing realize that Budweiser is no longer an American company? Couldn’t this lead to rumors that Obama was actually born in Belgium and not Honolulu?? Maybe he should switch to one of the fine beers offered by the Kona Brewing Company…just another public service from your friends at the American Public House Review.
by David McBride
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